10 Biggest Questions FF7: Rebirth Will Have To Answer

23.12.2023 - 14:31 / screenrant.com / Will

has some explaining to do. Not only did its predecessor, , change a ton of story beats from the original game, but it's already promised to include a number of brand-new surprises and shake-ups. And the original didn't explain everything perfectly, either. Between the questions raised by what connections already exist, and the further wrinkle created by 's now-pointless ending, there's a lot that has to account for.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for the original FF7, FF7 Remake, and Crisis Core.]

And in the meantime, player speculation has run rampant, with any number of fan theories popping up online. Sure, some of them have a basis in evidence from other games in the project, but others seem to have risen out of the ether. One way or another, will have to address it all. Here are some of the biggest questions it still has to answer.

One way or another, will have to settle the question of Aerith's fate. Aerith dies near the middle of the original, during the party's first visit to the Forgotten Capital. Based on how the project is paced and where the second game is liable to end, what was originally Aerith's final scene is guaranteed to appear in .

But it doesn't have to end in tragedy this time. Since the party has defeated the Whispers and gained the right to determine their own fate as of the end of, there's any number of ways that Aerith's visit to the ruins could go down. Will Sephiroth appear, and if he does, will Aerith survive?

In the original, Sephiroth's grand plan was to destroy the planet's crust by summoning Meteor, becoming one with the Lifestream and effectively ascending to godhood in the process. However, in, he seems more invested in the Whispers, mysterious beings whose role is to stop anyone from diverging from 's canon version of events. The thing is, doesn't end so well for Sephiroth; he's defeated by Cloud. So what does Sephiroth want with the Whispers? Did he create them, or is he just goading the party into destroying them? Does he control them? And what is he going to do now that they're gone?

At the end of and its remake, Zack Fair appears to die at the hands of Shinra SOLDIERs, using his last breath to save Cloud. However, Zack appears briefly at the end of, alive and well. So which version of these events is canon? Did Zack narrowly escape with his life, or was his scene at the end of a red herring? It could have been a peek into an alternate universe, or a flashback. Now that the Whispers are gone, he may have a second chance at survival. But will things turn out better this time?

Aerith repeatedly has visions of the future in , and she'll probably continue to do so in. It's likely that this has something to do with her connection to the Lifestream as the